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Food

Food is as much a part of Louisiana culture as music and the arts. It's also a part of WWOZ — we've got plenty of recipes and features on festival foods and restaurants. What can we say, we like to eat.

Music isn't the only thing to be excited about at Jazz Fest... Some of the best food in N'awlins can be found at the Fairgrounds. WWOZ show host Tom Morgan asked some of the wonderful New Orleans musicians who perform at the Fest to tell us what they'll be chowing down on this...
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Festival Season Starts Now!
A note from Programming Director Dwayne Breashears:
Can you feel it? That low rumble and electric tingle heralds the approach of
the 40th annual Jazz Fest, which is only a week away.
Here in the Crescent City, the buzz is building fast and fur...
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Dear Listener,
I was born and raised in New Orleans, but the city still constantly surprises
me with pockets of tradition tucked away in every neighborhood, church, bar,
social club, and krewe. And every year, we celebrate our multiple
personalities with that ultimate hom...
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Dear Listener,
John Mooney crooning with his monster backup band at the Crescent City Blues
& BBQ Fest, The Blind Boys of Alabama live onstage at the Voodoo Music
Experience 2008, 30 sousaphone players jamming in the streets of the French
Quarter, Dave Bartholomew performin...
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The Sugar Park Tavern closed its doors in the Bywater last month. This week we hear from regulars and people in the neighborhood about what made Sugar Park special and what the future holds for the owners.
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I know you have seen them. Right next to the cash register, those fruit-filled turnover pies wrapped in glassy paper. This week we take a trip over to the Hubig's Pie factory in the Marigny and talk with the owner about what goes into making those delicious New Orleans pies.
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Warren and Sandra Smith are a dying breed: family dairy farmers. Six years ago, they decided to stop losing money by selling their milk to producers, and began pasteurizing their milk themselves. That's both good and delicious news for Louisiana.
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Affordable, safe, healthy food. That's what the New Orleans Food Co-Op wants
to bring to the corner of St. Roch and St. Claude Avenues. And they want you
to help.
Music in this piece is by The Rebirth Brass Band and The Schatzy Band.
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Here's a sampling of some of the June festivals in Louisiana.
Back to the Beach Festival
The Back to the Beach Festival is a popular one held from May 30 - June 1,
in Kenner, at the lake at the end of Williams Boulevard. Besides good local
music, there is also a car sho...
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New Orleans is known as one of the best cities in the world for its food.
People come from all over to eat at our restaurants and eateries.
If you are new to this area of the country and coming to your first Jazz
Fest, then you might run into some foods that you not only h...
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